Hey All,

Ok…back with you today to talk about domains, websites, and online related stuff. Actually I think today I’ll just finish up talking about the process that needs to be completed after you purchase your domain name and I’d also like to add some information that I forgot to mention in the last blog post.

What I forgot to mention last time is that when you purchase a domain name, do it from an independent registrar like godaddy.com. NEVER get a domain name as part of a hosting plan that you might sign up for.

To back up for a minute and explain, if you’ve researched different web hosting and hosting plans, you’ll notice that many of them offer you a free domain name with purchase of any of their hosting plans. Sounds good, right? Um…not so fast. In this case, “free” could wind up biting you in the butt.

Keep in mind that a hosting company has to buy a domain name just like you would.  They buy it from a registrar. But when they buy it for you, they generally buy it in their name. This makes you indebted to them forever.

What happens if you ever want to leave their hosting company for any reason? You could lose your domain name. They know this of course and that’s why they don’t mind buying your domain name for you (thereby providing it to your for “free”) because they know you’re probably not going to go anywhere.
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Hey all,

The other day I received an email from a window cleaner in the UK, and in the email he describes something he recently did that brought in some free publicity for his window cleaning business. It is really quite an idea. So I thought I’d post the email here in it’s entirety:

Hi Steve,

I have recently started after becoming redundant in January this year – so I’m still learning….

With the current recession there are now lots of empty shops around town which make many streets look scruffy. I took it on myself to build my window cleaning profile around town by cleaning all of these empty shop windows.

The local paper and our town renaissance team picked this up and contacted the local newspaper. The Bridlington Free Press then wrote a story detailing my window cleaning business and what I was doing to improve the town.

It can be read here:
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Hey All,

First I’d like to say that I hope you are enjoying your memorial day weekend. We’ll be having our traditional cookout later, so that’ll be a fun time. But before focusing on fun, I figured I’d post a quick post to the blog with an email I recently received from a window cleaner. And below the email and my response to the email, I’ll explain why I posted it. Here it is:

Steve,

Looks like you have been a busy guy! Just wanted you to know that I intended to read a few pages of How To Adopt The Business Mindset last night about midnight last night… Finished it about 1:30! It was fantastic! I really think that if every person were to read this manual when entering into any small business and followed it, there would not be the fallout with small business start ups that there is. Great work, I like seeing all the places that I am doing things right as well as being reminded of the few areas that I noticed I’m not following so closely.

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Hi Everyone,

This morning I just released the manual How To Adopt The Business Mindset. If you’re a past purchaser of my window cleaning program, you’ll be able to download it for FREE at the materials webpage here.

This 41 page manual discusses the “Business Mindset”. Actually there are 20 business mindsets that I talk about. Each and every one of them are important to adopt and to live by if you want to experience the ultimate success in your window cleaning business.

Chapters include:
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